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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 75 m/e 11/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1823 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 61823 m/e 10/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class K3
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
K311/1924
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1248
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 11/1924
Withdrawal Tue 29/12/1959
Service Life 35 yrs, 1 mth , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1924
STM   St Margarets on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 29/12/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 29/12/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
01/1934 Long Travel Valves fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
27/08/1949 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works 1/8 to 27/8: These included Nos. 60502/05, 61081, 61727, 1729, 61736/46, 1753, 61759/83/91, 1823, 61876/78, 61988/93, 2428, 62683, 2687, 62688, 3180, 4546/47/64/79, 4703, 64855, 4945/86, 65913, 67478, 68113, 8321, 8477, 68481, 8544, 68955, 69183, 69213, 77306, ex L.M.S. 40170, 44795, 45022, 45451, 54654. During W/E 20/8 Cowlairs started putting the crest on both passenger and goods tender engines which had received a general repair (not intermediate repair) and the following have been noted: Nos. 61308, 61766, 64700 an 90313; no tank engines have so far been noted with the crest-No. 68477 appeared in lined black, with British Railways on the tanks. SLS/194910

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1924 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 75
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1248
   
01/1934 Modification Modification: Long Travel Valves fitted    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1823    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Margarets (STM)    
10/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61823    
29/12/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 61823    
1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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